Journal article
Interconnected, inhabited and insecure: why bodies should not be property.
- Abstract:
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This article argues against the case for regarding bodies and parts of bodies to be property. It claims that doing so assumes an individualistic conception of the body. It fails to acknowledge that our bodies are made up of non-human material; are unbounded; constantly changing and deeply interconnected with other bodies. It also argues that holding that our bodies are property does not recognise the fact that we have different attitudes towards different parts of our removed bodies and the ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Journal of medical ethics
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 39-43
- Publication date:
- 2014-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1473-4257
- ISSN:
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0306-6800
- Source identifiers:
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478570
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:478570
- UUID:
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uuid:29f5a03e-4bf4-46c9-aac1-2ce502fa7917
- Local pid:
- pubs:478570
- Deposit date:
- 2014-08-16
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- Copyright date:
- 2014
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